Demet Akbağ (; born 23 December 1959) is a Turkish theatre, film actress and acting trainer.
Biography Demet Akbağ was born on 23 December 1959 in Denizli as the third child of Benan and Oktay İybar. Her family was in Denizli at the time because of the duty of her grandfather as the head of justice department in the city. Her father was a journalist and photographer. She has two elder siblings, Sedef and Kemal. As her parents separated when she was 13, she and her mother and grandmother moved to Istanbul in 1972.
She later enrolled in the Istanbul Girls High School, and as her parents got separated she started attending the Erenköy Girls High School and finished her education there. After finishing high school in 1982, she entered Istanbul Municipal Conservatory and completed her studies in four years. Her first marriage, when she was 21, lasted four years.
Career She started her professional career first in theatre in the early 1980s and then in television from 1987 onwards. That same year, she was chosen as the TV Star of The Year by Turkey's Association of Magazine Reporters.
Between 1995-2007, she played many roles in programming "Bir Demet Tiyatro". Also, she joined cast of hit series "Perihan Abla", "Elveda Rumeli".
Akbağ has been awarded with numerous prizes, including the Golden and Sadri Alışık Best Character Actor for her role in franchise film Vizontele, the Afife Jale Best Female Actor for Sen Hiç Ateşböceği Gördün mü?, the Golden Butterfly for Tersine Dünya in 1993, the Ismail Dumbullu (the first actress to get this prize after Suna Pekuysal) in 1995, the Golden Butterfly – Best Comedy Star of The Year in 1996, 1997 and 1998, and the MGD-Comedy Artist Award in both 1996 and 1997. She has also worked with the BKM Actors since their career starts and performed various leading roles in television including Bir Demet Tiyatro and Ölümsüz Aşk, in theatrical plays including Otogargara, Sen Hiç Ateşböceği Gördün mü?, and Bana Bir Şeyler Oluyor, as well as in movies including Neredesin Firuze, franchise film series Eyyvah Eyvah and Hükümet Kadın. She played in "Kış Uykusu" which won Cannes Award, with Haluk Bilginer for many times.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1986 Davacı Dursun's wife 1987 Homoti Zeynep Erez 1993 Tersine Dünya Bitirim Leyla 2000 Vizontele Sıti Ana 2004 Neredesin Firuze Firuze 2003 Vizontele Tuuba Sıti Ana 2005 Organize İşler Nuran Ocak 2005 The Net 2.0 Dr. Kavak 2008 O... Çocukları Mehtap Anne 2010 Eyyvah Eyvah Firuzan 2011 Eyyvah Eyvah 2 Firuzan 2011 Kurtuluş Son Durak Vartanuş 2012 Hükümet Kadın Xate 2013 Hükümet Kadın 2 Xate 2014 Eyyvah Eyvah 3 Firuzan 2014 Kış Uykusu Necla2015 Niyazi Gül Dörtnala Sultan Şahmerdan2015 Nadide Hayat Nadide2016 Görümce Falcı Feriştah2018Görevimiz TatilTürkan Mutlu20209 Kere LeylaLeyla TV series Year Title Role Notes 1986 Perihan Abla Nesrin 1991 Varsayalım İsmail Zarife 2003 Ölümsüz Aşk Suna 2004 Sevinçli Haller Evinç 2007–2008 Elveda Rumeli Hüsniye 2008–2011 Sen Harikasın Harika 2011 İstanbul'un Altınları İsmet Azmarazlı 2013 Fırıldak Ailesi Yıldız Fırıldak animation 2013 Sevdaluk Adalet 2020 Menajerimi Ara Herself Star TV 2020–2021 Akrep Perihan Emgen2023–2025Sandık KokusuFiliz BaşkayaShow TV Programming Year Title Role Notes 1995 Bir Demet Tiyatro Lütfiye Çıtır Fıdıllıoğlu, Züleyha, Feriştah 1995 Bir Demet Kahkaha Demet 2000 Bir Demet Yerli Film Herself 2001 Şen Kahkahalar 2006 Bir Demet Tiyatro Lütfiye Çıtır, Feriştah, Orkide, Züleyha 2016–2018 Demet Akbağ ile Çok Aramızda Presenter Show TV 2019 Çok Güzel Hareketler 2 Lütfiye Çıtır / Feriştah (guest) Kanal D
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External links
Biyografi.net - Biography of Demet Akbağ Biyografi.info Demet Akbağ